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A. L. L ASSEMBLES AT 8 A. M. TUESDAY The Times-Recorder is the ONLY paper in the Third Congressional District with Associated Press service. iUIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NATIONAL GUARDS IN BIG HURRY FORMOVES Georgia is Moving Fast With Her Recruits WOULD AWAITS ALL THE ORDERS FOB THE TROOPS Georgia Troops Report For Duty 8 a.m.Tuesday WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19 The mobilization of the national guard, called into the federal service by Pres ident Wilson late Sunday, is in full swing throughout the nation today. In every state in the union the militia organizations have received orders to report at once at their respective mo bilization camps and division, brigade, regimental and company commanders are busily getting their commands in readiness for action. Recruiting is active in many states, and in the larger cities applicants for enlistment are taxing the facilities of the na tional guard organization to muster them into the service. This is espec ially true in the Southern states; I . where the president's call for militia men has met a responsive echo in the increased enlistments already report ed at the various state military head quarters. Orders to mobilize their commands for federal service were sent Sunday night from Washington to the gov ernors of the various states, being in turn directed to the adjutant generals of the national guard organizations Direct orders to mobilize and report with their full commands were sent brigade, regimental and company com manders, early today and before noon several of the regimental units had reported as ready for duty. Brig.-Gen. Van Holt Nash, of the Georgia national guard, with headquarters at Atlanta, ordered the militia organizations of that state to report at their respective armories at 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, fully equipped and ready for action. Three thousand officers and men will report in accordance with the order issued by Adjutant General Nash, be ing concentrated first at Macon, v.hence they will be assigned to posi tions along the Mexican border. The Alabama organi zation, constitutes a total of 2,900 offi cers and men, and has been ordered to mobilize at Montgomery within thirty six hours, while the Louisiana and Mississippi troops are expected to complete mobilization during tomor row. The North Carolina and Virginia n ilitia, two of the best organized units in the nation’s second line of defense, began assembling today, and most of these troops will have reached theii rendezvous before morning. The Soutt Carolina militia is in a badly disor ganized state, the result of a dispute between state and federal officials dur jug Cole Bl ease's term as governor o! (Continued on Page Six.) AMERBMBffiSWORDER MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS horticultural SOCIETY MEETS AT ALBANY SOON The Georgia State Horticultural so ciety will meet in Albany, August 17th and 18th. T. H. McHatton, secretary of the organization, has issued the fol lowing statement: “To Members of the Georgia Horti cultural Society: The fortieth annual meeting of the Georgia State Horticul tural society will be convened in Al bany, Ga., Aug. 17th, and run through Aug. 18th. “It is especially desirable that there be a large attendance upon this meet ing, as there are a great many inter esting horticultural things to be seen in and around Albany. Albany is one o. the few places that has a city land scape gardener, and it will be well for the members to know that the work that is being carried on in that thriv ing toward the city beautiful. “Albany is also the center of a large pecan area and unquestionably a great many things of interest can be seen and learned. “There is also quite a plant industry growing up about this place, and it is most interesting to hear about the rais ing of cabbage, onions and other plants that are distributed all over the South for the production of our truck crops. There is so much in and near this town that it will be very inadvisable to miss the meeting at Albany. “All of the members of the society should make some effort to have an exhibit of fruits and vegetables and flowers on hand for. the meeting. The' exhibit of various horticultural prod ucts is one of the greatest functions of LVif/i “Were Ready,” Captain Fort Begins Work of Bringing A.L. I. Ready For The Field The Americus Light Infantry is ready. Early this morning, Captain James A Fort, of the A. L. 1., had received no orders in any shape or form, but he began moving and acting on news paper accounts which stated that the entire force of national guards of the union had been called for mobilization Orders were received Saturday to recruit white cooks for the company and this feature has had attention. The A. L. I. will be brought to full peace strength of 65 men and report immediately to Macon, which is the mobilization point for Georgia. The recruits to maintain the company on a war strength footing will come later. Captain Fort only said this morn ing: “We are ready.” In the official call, Georgia is or dered to furnish "One brigade of three regiments of infantry, one squadron and one troop of cavalry, one battalion of field artillery, one field hospital, at Macon.” National Guard Force. The Georgia detachment of the na tional guard includes 253 officers and 2,815 enlisted men, making a total of 3,045. They are divided as follows: Medi cal department, 23 officers and 107 men; infaptry, 150 officers and 1,977 men; cavalry, 17 officers and 238 men; field artillery, 14 officers and 310 men, and coast artillery, 16 officers and 176 men. The call for men does not include the coast artillery at Savannah, under the command of Major G. C. Heyward, Jr, of Savannah, and four battlions of in- AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 19, 1916 Captain Fort Has Received His Orders Captain James A. Fort, of the Americus Light Infantry, has received orders to assemble his command. The orders were received here at 1:52 o’clock Monday afternoon. J. A. Thomas, colonel of the Second Infantry, is sued the order to the A. L I. The order reads: “You are hereby directed to assemble your command in your armory at 8 o’clock a. m„ June 20th, in field uniform, preparatory to their muster into the United States service at a later date, and to recruit up to a min imum strength of sixty-five men and ipossibly to a maximum strength of one hundred and forty-two at once, and report when ready to proceed to mobt)l , '.ation camp. “Detailed orders to follow. “J. A. THOMAS, Colonel, Second Infantry, N. G.<G.” • CHINA OIIISMD mi oiiaiM n Sunday. June 25th, is Missionary Dav in all Methodist churches of the South. The First Methodist church of Ameri cus will observe the day, and it. is desired to make the occasion a grand success. The committee from the First Meth odist Sunday school appointed for China Day is D. F. Davenport, chair man; Frank J. Payne, H. P. Everett, W. L. Snell, H. E. Allen and Cranston Williams. They met this morning and arranged plans for the special cele- i bration Sunday. The funds collected on this day are contributed to the missionaries of China. Mrs. G. Lester Williams has ' charge of the work. the Horticultural society and it is . greatly regrettable to know to what i extent this important function has i been neglected by the members of our society. Come and bring something for display. “A good program will be presented at the meeting, and all in attendance 1 want to be prepared to Biscuss the va rious papers. The program will be an nounced later.” fantry in the northern part of tin state. The infantry of Georgia is under command of Brigadier General Walter Harris, of Macon, who will issue all orders and make all arrangements. Georgia Infantry. The Georgia inafntry is made up of three regiments, as follows: First regiment, under command of Colonel Jchn Butler, of Savannah; Second( in cluding the Americus Light Infantry) under command of Colonel J. A. Thomas, of Macon, and the Fifth, un der command of Colonel Orville H. Hall, of Atlanta, and the field hospital under command of Major Holton an Atlanta physician. The Georgia cavalry squadron is un der command of Major J. O. Seamans, cf Atlanta, while the one unattached company of cavalry in Savannah, is commanded by Capt. Frank P. Mcln tyre, of Savannah. One battalion of field artillery is also available. Major E. D. Wells, of Savannah, commands this arm of the service, which includes the battery of artillery maintained at Atlanta, under command of Captain C. J. Mcßride, Jr. Major M. J. Daniels, of Griffin, 1s state quartermaster, and will have charge of mobilization arrangements at Macon. The military department es timates that the troops will be ready to go to the front six days after they are called from their home poets. Sixty-five per cent, of all the mem bers of the Georgia militia are expect ed to volunteer to cross the border in- Continued on Page 5.) AMERICA SENDS SECOND NOTE TO THE AUSTRIANS I The second note to Austria-Hungary, i regarding the Austrian submarine’s at- i tack on the American tanker Petrolite ’ has been prepared at Washington, and will be sent to Vienna without further < delay. The communication, it is un derstood, demands a speedy apology < and monetary reparation for the dam- 1 age sustained by the ship’s owners. 1 Paris dispatches say Saloniki ad- 1 vices report the Bulgarians in Florina | and Monastir have taken the offensive and are advancing in the directions of the Entente Allies lines there. There has been little heavy fighting in either of these sections, however. The French official report today re cords the repulse of a German night attack north of Hill 321, on the Ver dun front. hdlllfl’meihciis light limy is IN GOODJJNOITION The roll of the Americus Light In fantry, Co. I, Second Georgia regiment, this morning showed it in excellent condition. The following men were enrolled before recruiting began to day: Commissioned Officers: Capt. James ' A Fort; First Lieut. J. E. B. McLen don ; Second Lieut. B. C. Hogue. Non-Commissioned Officers: First Sergeant, Charles E. Guerry; Quarter master Sergeant Edwin T. Murray; Sergeants Ernest L. Croxton, Charles C. Veates, Robert L. McLeod, Jr. Cor porals Leon H. Brooks Joseph C. Pcuncey, Wm. H. Chappell C. C. Jones. Privates: L. H. Chapman, L. L. Hart, H. K. McMath, Ben H. Hawkins. H. D. Schneider, Leonard Tinsley, Frank Mayo, D. S. Mayo, C. W. Yeo man, J. H. Hammond, Geo. B. Hays, M. C. Wheatley, F. C. Hudson, A C. Holly, K. M. McDonald, Jack S. Court ney, F. H. Speer, J. P. Gartner, Roch Brookk, W. G. Crapps, A. B. Turpin, P. L. Alford, D. E. Rouse, G. W. Brink ley, C. G. Chapman, E. G. Durham, J. E. Stevens, W. B. Smith, I. G. Hollman, H. M. Faust, R. S. Ratley, W. C. Tidd, Dan Chappell, B. C. Ammons, J. D. Bridges, T. G. Howington, D. C. Hall, J. J. Hollman, H. C. Thames, W. G. Bankhead, H. H. Smith,. Pershing Preparing Plans. COLUMBUS, N. M., June eral Pershing is said to be quietly pre paring plans to quickly dash north and south at the first signs of hostility. It is believed here Indians to capture the Mexican Northeastern railway as soon as actual hostilities commence. SONS OF VETERANS TO imom The committees in charge of the state reunion of Confederate Veterans, composed of Sons of Veterans, for the events to be held in Americus in Au gust, will meet at 8 o’clock tonight at the Chamber of Commerce. A full at tendance of the Sone of Veterans is urged, as it is necessary that much work be done in preparation for the entertainment of the Veterans. Commander E. A. Nisbet, of the E. A. Cutts camp, Sons of Veterans, urges that every man in Americus and Sum ter county who is eligible to join the Sens of Veterans, do so at once. Every person over 12 years of age, and who is otherwise qualified, can join the camp here by paying Adjutant Frank J. Payne sl. The work of entertaining the Veter ai ts falls upon the Sons of Veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy and "every man is expected to do his duty.” ♦ ♦ ♦44444 f WEATHER REPORT. ♦ ♦ FOR GEORGIA: Probably ♦ * showers tonight and Tuesday. ♦ • 44-4<4 4-»-->44>4 4 * Lieut B. C. Hogue in Charge Os Recruiting For A. L. I. At The Armory For This Company Second Lieut. B. C. Hogue, of the A. L. 1., Co. 1 2nd. Infantry, National Guard of Georgia, is in charge of re-, cruiting at Americus this morning. The office is open at the armory on For-’ syth street. Captain Fort issued the following statement this morning concerning re cruiting, which is interesting to the entire public: “MEN WANTED—For foreign Ser vice. The following instructions gov ern recruiting: “Applications must be between the ages of 18 and 35 years, of good char acter and temperate habits, able bod ied, free from disease and must be able to speak, read and write the Eng lish language. "Original enlistments will be con fined to persons who are citizens of the United States or of Porto Rico, or who have made legal declaration of their intention to become citizens of the United States. “Married men will be enlisted only upon the approval of the regimentai commander, or other proper command ing officer. "Applicants will be required to sat isfy the recruiting officer regarding age and character, and should be pre pared to furnish the necessary evi dence. “For infantry, the height nfust be not less than 5 feet 4 inches, and weight must not be more than 196 pounds. "The minimum weight of all arms of the service is 128 pounds, subject to variations, but in no case will the ap- WEBSTER COUNTY WILE HUE RALLY FOR THEFARMERS A farmers’ institute is to be held in ■> Webster county, on Monday, July 3rd. College experts are to be present and tell how to build up the fertility of the soils of this county through diversifica tion methods of farming and how to engage profitably in other lines of far ming than raising cotton. Advance announcements sent out from the State College of Agriculture at Athens, state that these addressee will be plain, practical, helpful and will be concern ed more with telling what has been done than what anybody thinks may be done. The experts will welcome inquiries and will be glad to confer with farm ers about their problems. They will be in Webster county for one day. The meeting place will be designated later. The speakers who are scheduled to speak are Professors J. G. Oliver, Guy R. Jones and H. H. Parrish. The farmers of this region will doubtless welcome this opportunity tJ obtain the very best agricultural in formation from high class men who not orly have a broad fund of information, but who have definite data on Georgia conditions, which has been worked out in experiments in this state. How to improve soils, how to grow various crops for this purpose, how to start in livestock, poultry, trucking, etc. will be discussed. Let the farmers of this region show their progressiveness by turning out to the institute and getting all the in formation possible from these experts. plicant whose weight falls below 120 pounds be accepted, without special authority from the adjutant general of the army. “Rates of pay are as follows, in Continental United States. For for eign service an additional 20% is paid: First Sergeant, per month .... .$45.00 Sergeants, per month 30.00 Corporals, per month 21.00 Cooks, per month 15.00 Artificer, per month 15.00 Musician, per month 15.00 V.agoner, per months 21.00 Privates, per month 15.00 "The men are supplied with uni forms and all other necessary cloth ing and are well fed. When all of this is considered, the scale of pay amounts to much more than at first seems. "At present the enlistment in the National Guard Is for two years; later the enlistment will be six years, three with the colors and three in the re serve. . “Men living at places where there are no national guard companies, and v.ishing to enlist may communicate with the undersigned by telephone, wire or letter, or report in person. “The recruiting officer is on duty at the armory on Forsyth street, Ameri cus, Ga. "Applicants for enlistment in this company will be considered in turn. “Americus, Ga. June 18 1916. “JAMES A. FORT, Captain Co. I, 2nd Inf., National Guard of Georgia (Americus Light In fantry.)” riTv' V editionl JAP NIXED IN BRAWL WITH U. S. SAILORS Trouble In Mexi can Harbor With Sailors NOTE GOES TO THE OE FACTO CHIEF Nil Perishing Protects His Columns in Mexico WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19. The communication handed the stale department by a secretary of the Mex ican embassy this morning, it was learned early this afternoon, announc ed a clash between sailors from the United States gunboat Annapolis aau* Carranza soldiers at Mazatland during Sunday. In. view of the clash, the com munication requests the American gw ernment to forbid men being lande* from American warships in Mexiem waters under the present condition*. Another secretary of the emtaMF called repeatedly at the state depart ment this afternoon, seeking to arrange an engagement for Senor Emedlo Jtav redondo, the Mexican ambassador dem ignate, with Secretary Lansing. Th« secretary was informed that Secretary Lansing was busy and that he cool* make no engagements for today. Soon afterward it became known that tte American reply to Carranza’s note demanding the withdrawal of Unite* States troops from Mexico' would be sent to Mexico City today. It is currently understood this af ternoon that the American note wflß inform Carranza that under no ciream rtances will the troops now in Mexico be withdrawn until the Mexican; de facto government demonstrates ite ability and willingness to guard tbe international boundary line property, and prevent further raids upon Anserf can territory by Mexican bandits. The ncte will reiterate the United Stetetf’ positions toward Mexico, as heretofore announced, and the statement that n« territorial aggrandizement is content, lated is said to t-e contained in Cbe communication. The Mexican version of the Mazatlam trouble places blame for the clash os American marines who Attempted t» land, despite permission to do so wan denied them by Mexican authorities. The marines, acording to Mexican Ote bassy officials, attempted to land at ttae wharf of Mazatlan, but were wante* not to do so until permission, of ttes military authorities harf*been obtained. Later the same boat returned to the wharf the crew being armed, and de manded the right to come ashore. Dol ing the ensuing argument a drunken „ Japanese lounging in the vicinity, Artel. r,t the Americans. The marines Im mediately fired into the crowd, tbte ranza soldiers then returned the Im, ard before the fighting terminated, three Mexicans had been wounded. (Continued on Page FlveO NUMBER 14&.